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∗ 'Cabul,' i. 106. Stûpa is the Sanskrit term for a mound or barrow, either of masonry or of earth; see Colebroke, 'Amara Kosha,' in voce. The Pâli form is Thûpo; see Turnour 'Mahâwanso,' and also Thûpa, or Thúva, in the early Arian inscriptions from the Punjâb. The term now used is Thûp for a tolerably perfect building, and Thûpi for a ruined mound. It is, therefore, very much to be regretted that we should have adopted the word Tope, which preserves neither the spelling nor the pronunciation of the native word.